Arif Gafur

TCF - USA

Arif is the CEO for TCF-USA and has been a Director for the US Chapter since 2013. With over 30+ years of leadership positions in the Petroleum Sector, Arif was motivated by a desire to give back to Pakistan and to its marginalized communities when he initially became associated with TCF. He foresees a future where TCF continues to make progress in its mission to provide quality education for better opportunity to the children of Pakistan.

Azam Ali

TCF - Switzerland

Azam Ali is an alumni of IBA Karachi University. After completing his MBA he joined PIA and worked in management and marketing positions while posted at various locations – Karachi, Frankfurt, Dubai and Damascus. Follwing a career change, he qualified as an Internal Auditor and then as an IT auditor and worked in the Internal Audit department of DMI, based in Geneva. He speaks several languages and is interested in linguistics. He now enjoys teaching children and adults Urdu language at the International School of Geneva and another community school.

Aziz Rakla

TCF - Canada

Aziz Rakla is currently serving as President of TCF – Canada and has been associated with TCF since 2005. He also manages his own business, Rakla Tires Inc. and Rakla Properties Inc. He joined the TCF family because of his love for Pakistan and his desire to give back to the country that has given him his education and success. He feels that this is the time to contribute to society and he wants to see an educated, modern Pakistan. Aziz also dreams of TCF expanding and taking the front seat in setting the education budget and education policies of the country.

Gretchen Romig

Italian friends of TCF

Gretchen is the President of the ‘Italian Friends of TCF’ Chapter. Presently, an independent consultant in Italy, she has had a long and prosperous career in the financial sector. She learned about TCF from a Pakistani based supporter and was impressed with TCF’s focus on getting girls into school.
She dreams for TCF to continue educating generations of thoughtful and intelligent Pakistani children, who as young people and adults will contribute to the improvement of every citizen’s quality of life and peace in the country.

Imtiaz Dosa

TCF - UK

Imtiaz Dossa has been with TCF since the organization’s very first years. He has been previously associated with the oil services industry. His motivation to join TCF lies in the organization’s focus on gender equality and its large-scale experiment that proved it possible to provide affordable education that meets exemplary standards. He hopes that the TCF ethos can move towards the government and inspire it to change their school system using TCF’s lessons and learnings.

Ishaque Noor

TCF - UAE

A TCF Director since 2004, Mr. Ishaque Noor is the Group Managing Director of Albatha Group, United Arab Emirates. He has also served for several years as Member of the Executive Committee of the Professionals Wing of Pakistan Association, Dubai.

Nada Ahmed

TCF - Norway

Nada Ahmed grew up in Pakistan where she received her primary education. Since leaving Pakistan she has lived and studied in many countries including- US, France and Norway. She is an engineer by profession and has been working in the Oil and Gas Industry for over 5 years and currently stationed in Oslo, Norway. Besides work Nada loves to travel, learn new languages and work on volunteer projects helping the community around her.

Nilofer Saeed

Director

An entrepreneur and a successful businesswoman, Ms. Nilofer Saeed is a member of the Supporters of The Citizens Foundation (STCF) and was inducted as a Director of TCF in December 2009. She has been presented with the Woman Entrepreneurship Momentum Award for 2010 and is also keenly involved in numerous charities. She is also an active board member of a number of business concerns.

Sanam Thariani

TCF - Australia

Sanam Thariani is associated with TCF since 2013. With over 18 year experience in the industry, Sanam is the Administrator / Co-owner of Kids & Co Playschool and Preschool in Karachi and has a solid commitment to the social and academic growth and development of children in Pakistan. Sanam believes that the key to bringing about a positive change in Pakistan is to improve literacy rates and impart quality education, without compromise and with complete accessibility to all.

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